04/21/2013
Clement Perrette, the former head of euro rates trading at Barclays, who was linked to the Libor scandal earlier this year in documents related to the regulatory investigation and a subsequent court case, has left the bank.
04/18/2013
Italian prosecutors are investigating complex structured-finance deals and Monte dei Paschi's 2008 acquisition of Antonveneta
04/18/2013
The Working Party concluded by providing a list of minimum requirements each stakeholder must perform and provides further recommendations as to how the risks in this area can be averted and mitigated.
04/18/2013
Discount broker sees record results from increased interest in DIY investing
04/18/2013
Arjent, the stockbroker and investment management firm, alleges a variety of misrepresentation and contract claims against Couch, chief operating officer Christopher Deacon and business development head Kevin Spear, Wealth Manager understands.
04/16/2013
Linklaters client RBS loses CoA case against Highland Capital
The case is understood to have cost the bank in excess of £5m by way of legal fees since the litigation began in 2009
04/15/2013
Ex-HSBC worker says bank information shows tax-evasion and money-laundering
Swiss authorities want Falciani, who has French and Italian citizenship, sent back to Switzerland to face charges of allegedly revealing secrets and breach of banking secrecy _ which could lead to a seven-year jail term.
04/15/2013
It is understood that the company already operates a roster of advisers in Europe, with the panel in question covering the full range of practice areas.
04/15/2013
He will replace Rupert Hengster, who headed the group’s German base since the launch of the asset management arm in the country in 2010.
04/15/2013
Burness Paull is the result of a merger between Scotland’s Burness and Aberdeen firm Paull & Williamsons
04/15/2013
She is claiming more than 13 million pounds ($20 million) in compensation and damages will be set at a hearing on September 23 and 24.
04/14/2013
Fate of Santander chief linked to new law
The decision may give the Bank of Spain more room to maneuver as it examines cases such as that of Saenz, the CEO of Spain’s biggest bank, because it adds new elements to the criteria for determining banker “honor.”
04/14/2013
Regulators have been looking into charges that traders fixed the interest rates offered on the Euribor and Libor.
04/14/2013
Public were being cold called with the bogus offers
04/14/2013
Prompted by a desire for a fresh challenge
04/14/2013
Reed Smith adds to City structured finance team with CC partner
High volume of partner moves between firms’ structured finance practices
04/14/2013
Costs of failed life-settlement investment firm
04/11/2013
KPMG - already facing scandal in the US - is under renewed pressure with the audit regulator considering an investigation into how it examined the accounts of failed bank HBOS.
04/11/2013
The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission of Japan asked local regulators last week to issue a so-called administrative action against R.B.S., which is based in Edinburgh, after some of its traders attempted to alter a key benchmark rate for fin
04/11/2013
FTI said the claims were without merit.